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Fructoseintoleranz: Alle Symptome Und Beschwerden auf einen Blick

July 19, 2015 by Deniz 112 Comments

„So ein bisschen Bauchschmerzen, ein aufgeblähter Bauch und extreme Müdigkeit”. Das und keinen Pieps mehr hättet ihr vor 5 Jahren an Symptomen bei einer Fructoseintoleranz aus mir herausgekitzelt. Peinlich berührt war nach dieser Erklärung das Thema für mich gegessen.

Wer heute fragt, bekommt mehr zu hören. Egal wann und wo es auf die “Leiden der jungen Fructopia” zu sprechen kommt, versuche ich möglichst offen davon zu berichten, was übermäßig viel Fructose und Zucker in unserem Essen anrichten kann.Wenn ich heute Symptome auslasse, dann schlichtweg, weil ich vergesse, wie dreckig es mir damals wirklich ging. Und siehe da, so schlimm kommt das in der Regel bei meinen Gesprächspartnern gar nicht an. Die Rückfragen werden zahlreicher und zuckerfreie Rezepte sind hoch im Kurs. Aber vor allem leuchtet beim Gegenüber immer wieder die Frage auf “Vertrage ich vielleicht auch keine Fructose?”.
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Being a newbie to fructose malabsorption: An interview with Joris

March 22, 2015 by Deniz 5 Comments

If it wasn’t for the internet I would probably still a) be haunted by daily stomach pain and b) think that I’m the only person on the planet, who suffers from fructose malabsorption. Especially seeing as b) isn’t really the case anymore becausea) has become less and less. In other words, it has beens pretty amazing to meet so many people online, who don’t hold back on good advice, making sugar free life with fructose malabsorption much easier for all of us. One of these persons on the interwebz is Joris. We started chatting on Instagram and thanks to him I now make sure to add 2 tablespoons of unhulled / browntop millet flour to my daily diet. Why? I’m happy that Joris is here today to explain this himself, in our little interview below. I didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to ask one of these rare male specimens suffering from fructose and lactose malabsorption myself. 🙂 And now to you Joris. The stage is all yours!

Lactose and fructose malabsorption: Chatting with Joris on his experiences and how life has changed for him // Interview zum Thema Fructose- und Laktoseintoleranz: Ein Erfahrungsbericht eines Intoleranz-Neulings // fructopia.de

1. Hi Joris, please introduce yourself to the FRUCTOPIA readers!
My name is Joris. I am 22 years old and currently studying in the North of Germany.

2. What kind of food sensitivities do you suffer from and when did you first find out?
Last year in July I went to my doctor because I had serious pains in my stomach. When the doctor couldn’t find out what was causing this, he ran some tests in the laboratory. The results hinted to certain food sensitivities. But I had to wait until after I returned from a prolonged trip to the States to finally take the hydrogen breath tests and be sure about it. In November 2014 they finally diagnosed fructose malabsorption and then in December lactose intoleralnce joined the fun. …

Going gluten free Part III: Fructose free superfoods

September 23, 2013 by Deniz 5 Comments

It’s been seven months since we left our home in Berlin in an attempt to grow roots in Istanbul. A few days ago we arrived back in Berlin. It’s our first time home since February. I was looking forward to these upcoming three weeks. Looking forward to all the breakfasts, lunches and dinners with friends and loved ones, to happy bike rides in the city and enjoying morning runs in the park close by. Other than that, I must confess, there is not much I missed about Berlin. Who would, considering the numerous hours of sunshine Istanbul provided us with, all the Turkish food and fresh seasonal goods grown on the fertile lands of the rough Black Sea, the thousand plus different views of the Bosphorus or the seemingly endless supply of new and one of a kind impressions. Istanbul has not failed to keep us entertained. Needless to say the Gezi Park protests and the surprisingly violent response by the police caused quite a stir in our daily lives.

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Going gluten free Part II: Cut backs and withdrawal symptoms

September 14, 2013 by Deniz 7 Comments

Going gluten free II: Withdrawal symptoms // Ab jetzt gluten frei III: Verzicht und Entzugserscheinungen // Fructopia.de

My personal proofreader for the written English language just returned from his trip to Switzerland, so let’s continue my recount on going gluten free. From my post last week you already know why I made the decision in the first place. Still you may be asking yourselves what this change actually meant. How did it change my eating habits? How did it affect daily life and more importantly, did it actually make a difference? Did the experiment meet my expectations?…

I eat you, I eat you not (2): foods to avoid with ibs

February 6, 2013 by Deniz 13 Comments

Whew, last week was a hectic one, which explains the eight days without a new blog post. This being my third blog week I’m feeling pretty guilty. Blogger’s guilt, I guess.

At the same time I was kind of thankful for a little more thinking time to write this blog post. I knew I still owed you the follow up on my food dos and don’ts….

Enter, fructose malabsorption

January 25, 2013 by Deniz Leave a Comment

I’d like to share a 15 minute radio report about fructose malabsorption with you today, which I found on Fructose Free Me. The piece aired on Radio National Australia in December and gives a nice introduction on fructose malabsorption. It talks about the hydrogen breath test, which you have to take to find out whether you are fructose intolerant or not and discusses the rise of the disease.

I was surprised that the directors of the show didn’t hold back on the problems and difficulties people with fructose malabsorption suffer from. I’m used to newspaper articles claiming that, for example, “the abandonment of fructose from the daily diet usually leads to full recovery” , while failing to mention how difficult impossible and burdening it is to exclude fructose from one’s daily diet. I could freak out when something of the sorts gets published. But this radio report is different. The directors don’t euphemize fructose malabsorption, but at the same time they manage to give hope that it is still possible to enjoy different foods without fructose.

On a side note, what I find remarkable is that English literature usually refers to fructose malabsorption instead of fructose intolerance, while in Germany it is the other way round. German literature refers to fructose intolerance to describe the disease. I wonder why these differences are made. Does anybody have a clue?

At the end of the show the hosts also talk to Dr. Sue Shepard, who is well known for her work on fructose malabsorption and celiac decease. She introduces the FODMAP diet. You may have heard about this diet, as it is often referred to in English speaking sources. FODMAP stands for “Fermentable, Oligo-, Di-, Mono-saccharides and Polyols” thus summarizing foods that should be avoided when suffering from fructose malabsorption. On a personal level, I figured that it doesn’t make sense to stick to this guide as it eliminates a lot of foods I actually handle pretty well like the mentioned cream or cottage cheese (of course they have to be plain in flavor, no funky ingredients like onion powder etc.) That is why I don’t use FODMAP as a guideline for my daily nutrition.

Enough said, here is the link to the radio show “Tummy troubles: The rise of fructose malabsorption”.

(Source: Radio National)

You should check out the other research articles on Fructose Free Me. If you are gluten-free, it offers some nice gluten-free recipes as well.

I eat you, I eat You Not (1): Low FODMAP Foods To Enjoy With IBS

January 24, 2013 by Deniz 14 Comments

It’s one week post launch of Fructopia and the tingling hasn’t stopped yet. After turning the whole blog thing over and over in my mind and testing ~~numerous~~ two blogging platforms for months, I’m pretty surprised how fast everything happened the moment I finally settled for one service. Now I am out and about with a topic that on the one hand is quite intimate, on the other hand affects so many people and still lacks a lot of attention. Time to change that. …

Number One: Fructose Malabsorption

January 15, 2013 by Deniz Leave a Comment

My first post! Finally! Even though I was desperate to start this blog and also to start helping and getting to know others suffering from fructose malabsorption, it just didn’t happen earlier. You’re probably asking yourselves, what took me so long? Let me tell you: It’s pretty intimidating to finally get the word out on the interwebz. I guess I just wanted to be prepared.

So here we are. Happy birthday Fructopia!

I’m not necessarily better prepared than I was a few months ago, but I just wanted, no, I needed to start. I was tired of only thinking about this blog. I guess that’s the secret to getting anything done that you are planning to do: You just need to start.

Fructopia.

I still remember the day leaving the doctor’s office with an aching stomach, having undergone a two-hour long hydrogen breath test and finally receiving an unfamiliar diagnosis by the name of fructose malabsorption. I left the doctor’s office with more questions than answers, having no idea, what this diagnosis meant. No idea at all. Even a later search on google proved to be tedious and only resulted in tiny bits and pieces of information spread over countless different webpages. Three years have passed and that’s the way things still are. I was lost back then and I was lost for a long time. I had no money to consult a dietician, no one in my community had heard of this deficiency before, even one of my friends who is a doctor hardly had any useful advice to offer me. However, today, I feel much more confident talking about the whole fructose thing. Over time I gathered more and more information and of course experience. The picture is by far not complete, but now I know that fructose malabsorption is not only a 100 piece puzzle, but rather a more elaborate and challenging 1000 piece puzzle.

Fructopia is my playground to report about the daily ups and downs, when suffering from fructose malabsorption. I want to share with you my all time favourite recipes (which I hope will work for you too), product reviews and latest research findings. To some extent I want to become your trusted guide on the daily dos and donts. But above all I want to be positive about fructose malabsorption. I don’t want to whine about not being able to have this food or that food. There is no point wallowing in self-pity, it just makes you feel worse. Instead, I want to tell you about how I make the best of my situation, day by day.

I know it would be presumptuous to say that I want to create more awareness about fructose in general and fructose malabsoption in particular with only this simple blog. I mean who is gonna read the stuff i write about? At most and only if I’m lucky I will have a few readers like myself who also suffer from fructose malabsorption. But maybe together we can make a difference.

Welcome to Fructopia! I’m curious about what lies ahead of us.

Tell me, what lead you here, how did you find your way to Fructopia?